The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-27
OUR ALASKAN CLAIMS.
We Will Protect tho Fisheries In Our
Arctic Seas
(FrOm the New York SUM

hb " III irDtcct mo FISHERIES In oul
! Arctic Seas.
(From the New York SUM
\ great dcol of surprise was occasioned
ut the department Of State by the al
legation Of Canadian and English
officials that this country has repcatl diy
disputed the Russiau Governments
claim of Marc Clausum in Behring's Sea,
and, moreover, that tho seal fisheries
were the cause Of such dispute. At the
StatC department no record OF any
difficulty regarding tho seal fisheries
with Russia can be found. Early in the
! present century Russia claimed terrific
! ry in Northwestern North America Gown
to the titty-iilth degree, which this Gov
cnmcnt warmly 0l%pEtcd. After some
controversy q the subject the Russ iun
Emperor withdrtw w his claim and nc
knowlcdgcd tho United States authority
up to the ifty-tOurth degree. 1t WAS at
this time that Russian officials laid down
such arbitrary rules Tor navigation in
to sail within one huudred Italian miles
OF coast or islands, under penalty of
coniiscatiOn and imprisonment. Very
few American vessels over sailed il the
! locality. and sealing wiS au almost nm
known industry there. There was Uuo
small Russian company that shipped n
! lew skins to various parts, and the naYi-
g&tI0n law WAS meant to protect it,.
! Later, several trading vessels from the
| United cIuised III the vicinity Of Alaska,
but wcro warned off by the Russian
officials. 1t was at this time that john
Quincy Adams, the secretary of State, in
very energetic marher, denied the
! Rnsslan right 10 certain territory, now
tho southern strip Of Alaska. Mr..
Adams radical course secured the United
States the right in Alaskan waters.
! When Alaska was ccIed 10 the United
States the line Of demarhation detcym-
lnlug the western boundary of Behring's
| Sea mniio it ut Mare Clausrtm, from the
Southcrnnlust point on Prince Edward $
Island 50 point ncar Alton Island of
the Alcut!%n grant, thus making q COM
! pleto close. The mag ginury line Of de.
narration runs q course of about 800
miles from northeast TO southwest. The
| whole area OF behring's Sea, including
Norton's Sound, and Bristol Bay, is
about 600, 900 square miles. The St.
George and St. Paul islands, where III ost
| of the seal are captured, arc about seven
hundred Mules nc1th Of thc Alcutian
! Peninsula and five hundred miles west
UG the mujn line OF coast. Tho seal are
! frequently found now several hundred
miles from shore, and arc gradually
working their way TO Tho northward.
! Tho experts Say that this fact is d1n TO
the use "t Hruarms Of the Canadian
! Sealer8. Should Il SuDnlnC stampede
arise among the seals it IS extremely
! doubtful Il any woutd return for bread
lng purposes. Large numbers Of the
young @tWS "rc Swimming toward the
mainland, laShltA" fAroliSh tuo Alout'@r
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